Katrina comes home

J was deployed yesterday to New Orleans to work on establishing a public health command center. Details are sketchy, but I talked to her this morning, and she was doing okay. They expected a long drive from Atlanta to New Orelans due to the need to avoid I-10. They expect to be camping at a naval air station, so they should be plenty safe.

I don't want to post many details here, since while I know very little, I don't now how much of it is public information.

Meanwhile, here in Utah, 600 (or more?) Internally Displaced Persons have been housed at Camp Williams, in Bluffdale, about 40 miles south of Salt Lake City. (see the definition for IDPs: they are probably not considered refugees, which requires that they have crossed an international border. Wikipedia goes on to clarify that "Environmental refugees (people displaced because of environmental problems such as drought) are not included in the definition of "refugee" under international law.") Finding clear information on volunteer opportunities is difficult; while I appreciate cash is more valuable than anything else right now, I, as usual, have more time than cash.